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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 146 points 2 days ago (17 children)

People's minds are growing numb to the madness. This is very similar to what happened in Soviet Russia in the five years leading up to the collapse of the government.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

I know this narrative is wide spread, and I have no chance to fight it, but it's not fucking not.

USSR has collapsed because of a lot of factors, but the most important of them was that the political elite was willing to change (not to be mistaken with to go away). USSR had an infinite space for doubling down deeper and deeper

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